On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Choice" is the biggest red herring in this whole debacle. "Choice" is
> meaningless if the choices available don't do you any good. In many
> states you have a choice between methods of execution. You could be
> electrocuted or die by lethal injection. Whooppie! But what if you
> didn't want to die? Oh, well, sorry, that's not a choice.

I'm not sure I would advocate a wide selection of execution methods as
an solution for national health care.  I don't think you meant that,
but the point really doesn't mean anything else in this discussion.

> Yes, you can choose private insurance right now. Or rather, you can
> choose to try and get private insurance. Ever tried doing that?

Yes, as an individual and as a business owner.

> I tried getting coverage through BCBS for [snip]...
>
> Only a very few lucky individuals in the current system get any
> meaningful choices. And those are often the people that need the
> system least anyway. Choice is the very last thing I'm going to worry
> about in the health care debate. Get affordable coverage out to
> people. Then we can talk about choice.

That does suck.  You are mad because you were not given a choice.
Understandable.

-Cameron

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